Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

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Graduate of the Month: August 2018

Tuesday, 21 August 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

We want to congratulate our graduate of the month for August…Mr. Robert Gilliam!

Graduate of the Month: June 2018

Thursday, 21 June 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

Congratulations to our Graduate of the Month for June...Patrick Parker of Rockwell Automation!

Graduate of the Month: May 2018

Wednesday, 30 May 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

Congratulations to our latest Graduate of the Month for May, Jonathan Edwards from Baxter!

Pro Tip for a Mindful Meeting

Wednesday, 02 May 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

A great piece of advice from one of our coaches, Bill Leahy:

If communication is an issue in your organization do this simple self-assessment. Even if you believe it isn’t, do it anyways you may be surprised by what you observe. The assessment is based on various meeting etiquette articles I found online. What led me to googling meeting etiquette is continuous reports from my students indicating...

Understanding the SMRP Body of Knowledge

Friday, 27 April 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

In preparation for our next SMRP Body of Knowledge Review workshop coming up June 19-21, James wrote an excellent blog post on understanding the SMRP Body of Knowledge.

Graduate of the Month: April 2018

Wednesday, 18 April 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

Congratulations to our Graduate of the Month for April, Joy Becker of Mosaic. This girl has only been working on her iBL Reliability Engineering curriculum since November of 2017. This program usually takes 12 months to complete. She completed her program with flying colors in 5 months. WAY TO GO JOY!!!!

Joy started with The Mosaic Company in May 2017 as the Mine Reliability Engineer and is still...

Graduate of the Month: March 2018

Monday, 26 March 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

The Moving Target of Excellence

Wednesday, 14 March 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

Why the End of the Maintenance & Reliability Journey Is Never Over

I am often asked, what is the benchmark for a particular KPI. At first, I would quickly answer the target from the SMRP Best Practices Guide. Depending on the organization and the maturity, I would either see their faces light up or see them shut down. If they shut down, what momentum was present, quickly vanished. If they were...

Graduate of the Month: February 2018

Monday, 26 February 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

We are excited to announce our February Graduate of the Month, Clark Bond of Weyerhaeuser. Congratulations on your many accomplishments throughout your iBL journey, Clark!

Managing: You Might Be Doing It Wrong.

Tuesday, 20 February 2018 by Madelaine Hallman-Kenner

Let me ask you a question; what is the difference between someone who manages and someone who leads? Some would say that they are the same. “A manager is in charge of leading the team.” That is a valid statement, yet we have all had that manager that will delegate all jobs until there is none left for them and finish by saying, “I’ll be in my office if you need anything.” The better question for...

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